Man-hating Feminists Also Hypocrites

What is masculinity?

Two new university men’s groups are coming under fire for daring to have meetings to attempt to answer the question. Apparently it is undermining feminism.

While women’s groups are de rigeur on campuses these days, men wishing to explore their own gender raises a few eyebrows.

The MENS (Masculinity Exploring Networking and Support) Society at Manchester University has been criticized because it’s very formation “undermines women’s ability to speak out for equality.”

The Man Collective — Oxford has been called “reactionary and ridiculous.”

The founder of the group Alex Linsley, summed up their ethos: “There is so much conflicting information for men. There is massive confusion as to what being a man means, and how to be a good man. Should you be the sensitive all-caring, perhaps the ‘feminised’ man? Or should you be the hard, take no crap from anybody kind of figure?

“Neither of those are particularly useful paradigms. But there’s perhaps things we could learn from both perspectives.”

The ridiculous group was started as a reaction to the rising number of male suicides on campus.

The MENS Society “raises funds and awareness for men’s mental health, testicular and prostate cancer as well as male rape and domestic violence issues.” Are they sexist? Perhaps we should ask their female members.

“Discrimination against men on the basis of gender is so unusual as to be non-existent, so what exactly will a men’s society do?” said the national women’s officer, Olivia Bailey.

“To suggest that men need a specific space to be ‘men’ is ludicrous, when everywhere you turn you will find male-dominated spaces.”

Olivia Bailey has no known qualifications as a man.